Rei Kawakubo

List of Illustrations

1. Rex Butler (editor) âIntroduction: For and against Fashionâ
2. Akiko Fukai âCouture Clashâ (excerpt)
3. Barbara Vinken âThe Empire Designs Backâ (excerpt)
4. Karinna Nobbs and Kat Duffy âRei Kawakubo as Retail Format Pioneerâ
5. Llewellyn Negrin âRei Kawakubo: Agent Provocateur in a Hyper-Glamourised Worldâ
6. Yuniya Kawamura âRei Kawakubo: Defiance Personifiedâ
7. Masafumi Monden âThe Subversively Cute Side of Comme des Gar§ons: Rei Kawakubo and Romantic Transgressionâ
8. Tets Kimura âExploring the Theoretical Meaning of Rei Kawakubo: Two Waves of Arrivals of Japanese Fashion in the West and Georg Simmelâs Fashion Dualismâ
9. Karen de Perthuis âPerforming the Idea of Clothes: Rei Kawakuboâs Fashion Manifestoâ
10. Ory Bartal âRei Kawakubo and the Luxury of Freedomâ
11. Bronwyn Clark-Coolee âThe Complexity of Kawakubo: A Radical Form of Consciousnessâ
12. Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas âBetween Clothing and Flesh: Kawakubo at the Metâ
13. Alison Gill âFrom Amidst the Betwixt and Between: The Gap between the Not-Worn and the Worn that is Opened Up by the Photographic Images in Rei Kawakuboâs Exhibition Catalogueâ
14. Rex Butler âRei Kawakubo: Fashion Degree Zeroâ

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